Acclaim Physician Board of Directors

April 2023: Meeting Minutes

MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ACCLAIM PHYSICIAN GROUP, INC.

HELD April 3, 2023
OPC Auditoriums
1500 S. Main St.
Fort Worth, TX, 76104

Meeting Minutes (April 2023) PDF

A Meeting of the Board of Directors of Acclaim Physician Group, Inc., a Texas non-profit corporation ("Corporation"), was held at 5:07 p .m on April 3, 2023, at the principal office of the Corporation, pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation.

Attendance
Physician Board of Director members present at the meeting were William Pientka, MD; Linda Siy, MD; Dustin DeMoss, MD; and Jocelyn Zee, DO, Chair. Khoi Chu, MD joined via conference call.

Also in attendance: Dr. Alawi-Kakomanolis, Dr. Karen Duncan, Loree Ching, Kristin Stanley, Jodie Sanderson, Julie Durand, Gregory Duck, Tom Cocke, Miriam Glasser, Ben George, Daphne Walker, and Dr. Gill joined via conference call.

Introductions – J. Zee, DO

• Introduction of Tom Cocke – Acclaim legal services.

Approval of Minutes – J. Zee, DO
March 6, 2023 – Dr. DeMoss made a motion for approval; motion was seconded by Dr. Pientka, and carried unanimously.

Interim President/ Clinical and Operations Update – N. Alawi-Kakomanolis

• Clinical operations update
• Discussed transition of care/readmission reduction

ED utilization update
Empanelment update
Acclaim overall scorecard update

Committee Updates and Action

Compliance – Miriam Glasser provided a risk assessment overview and an update on the telehealth and sepsis audits. She presented for vote the Revenue Cycle Staff Roles and Responsibilities procedure; she will send the group the redlined document and submit it for an electronic vote. She also discussed the policy and procedures review process.

Credentialing – Dr. Gill presented the credentialing report to the Board.
Action Item: Motion for approval of the credentialing report made by Dr. Pientka. Motion was seconded by Dr. DeMoss and carried unanimously.

Quality – no update
Peer Review – no update.
APP Committee – Ben provided an update on the onboarding process. There are ongoing meetings regarding the comp plan.

Financial Update – L. Ching
Financials – Mrs. Ching discussed the financial summary.

Operations Update – K. Stanley
• Discussed Open Scheduling
• Reviewed Pod Care Model
• Discussed Open Access

People Update – J. Sanderson
• Doctors week update
• Continue to work with APP Steering Committee on APP comp
• Heisenberg update
• Reviewed Acclaim requisitions
• Provider liaison is rounding in areas
• Discussion on the exit interview process

Chair Update /Report – J. Zee, DO
• Bylaws update in closed session.